Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bristol, TN Crime Grade
How Bristol grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Tennessee — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
6/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bristol, TN was 345.9 per 100,000 residents (97 incidents over a population of 28,041). That puts Bristol Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 30% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bristol (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bristol vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 621.7(169) | 520.4(145) | 425.5(119) | 402.4(113) | 345.9(97) |
| Murder | 3.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.1(2) |
| Rape | 58.9(16) | 75.4(21) | 35.8(10) | 35.6(10) | 32.1(9) |
| Robbery | 25.8(7) | 14.4(4) | 17.9(5) | 21.4(6) | 3.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 533.4(145) | 430.7(120) | 371.8(104) | 345.4(97) | 303.1(85) |
| Property crime | 2520.1(685) | 2307.8(643) | 2817.3(788) | 2115.2(594) | 1858.0(521) |
| Burglary | 445.1(121) | 305.1(85) | 404.0(113) | 334.7(94) | 278.2(78) |
| Larceny | 1718.0(467) | 1722.8(480) | 2238.1(626) | 1634.5(459) | 1415.8(397) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 338.5(92) | 272.8(76) | 171.6(48) | 138.9(39) | 146.2(41) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Bristol's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Tennessee cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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